A Spacious Path to Freedom: Practical Instructions on the Union of Mahamudra and Atiyoga

by Karma Chagme, Gyatrul Rinpoche (Commentaries by)

Overview

This manual of Tibetan meditation simply and thoroughly presents the profound Dzogchen and Mahamudra systems of practice. Karma Chagmé sets forth the stages of meditation practice, including the cultivation of meditative quiescence and insight, the experiential identification of awareness, and the highest steps of Mahamudra and Atiyoga, leading to perfect enlightenment in one lifetime. Drawing from his enormous textual erudition and mastery of Tibetan oral traditions, he shows how these two meditative systems can be unified into a single integrated approach to realizing the ultimate nature of consciousness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559393409
Publisher:	Shambhala
Publication date:	02/16/2010
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Karma Chagmé was a major lineage-holder of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and his writings have also become central to the Payul Nyingma order, making him an ideal figure to integrate two of the great meditation systems of Tibet: Mahamudra and Atiyoga.

Table of Contents

Preface Sangye Khandro 7

Translator's Note 13

1 A Treasury of Oral Transmissions 15

2 The Stage of Generation 39

3 The Cultivation of Quiescence 63

4 The Cultivation of Insight 85

5 Identification 103

6 Practice 125

7 Mah&abar;mudr&abar; 149

8 Atiyoga 171

9 Sealing with the Dedication 191

Notes 215

Glossary of Terms 219

Glossary of Names 221

Index of Texts Cited by the Author 225

General Index 239

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"An incomparable introduction to the actual practice of higher meditative instructions."—Tibet Journal

"Get[s] right into fairly advanced instructions on meditation. . . . Most chapters are in classic Tibetan fashion almost entirely comprised of quotations from scripture and earlier masters. Gyatrul Rinpoche's informative commentary is the clear voice that pulls the book together."—Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

"Karma Chagmé applies his extensive experience and familiarity with Tibetan oral traditions to reveal how these two meditative systems can be integrated into a single approach."—Midwest Book Review

Editorial Reviews

"An incomparable introduction to the actual practice of higher meditative instructions."—Tibet Journal

"Get[s] right into fairly advanced instructions on meditation. . . . Most chapters are in classic Tibetan fashion almost entirely comprised of quotations from scripture and earlier masters. Gyatrul Rinpoche's informative commentary is the clear voice that pulls the book together."—Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

"Karma Chagmé applies his extensive experience and familiarity with Tibetan oral traditions to reveal how these two meditative systems can be integrated into a single approach."—Midwest Book Review

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[Karma Chagme] helps to make this profound contemplative path accessible to people in the modern world

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